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CallaFirestormBW -> RE: Half naked women and very big snakes (1/12/2010 12:55:27 PM)
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
The imagery of women either dancing with or draped by large snakes - can someone share with me what/how this is sexual imagery? A friend of mine said "snakes are phallic" but I don't quite get that connection (well, kind of, but isn't that a stretch?) Is it a danger thing, a body thing, or what - This is obviously not a new theme but a recurring one: The half naked woman draped in a snake.
What's your opinion?
Akasha
Personally, I find the imagery quite sensual... there is nothing that clings to a woman's curves quite as well as a snake... plus, their skins are supple, silky, and cool, and they are sinuous and scintillating in their movements -- Yumm!
Serpents have also been known to represent loss of inhibition (the shedding of one's outer skin), sensuality, change, rebirth/re-creation, passion, knowledge, and immortality (the snake eating its own tail is one of the classic symbols of infinity/immortality).
Calla
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